إِنَّ Indeed inna these hāulāi surely, they say layaqūlūna
Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,
إِنْ Not in it hiya (is) but illā our death mawtatunā the first l-ūlā and not wamā we naḥnu (will be) raised again bimunsharīna
"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.
فَأْتُوا۟ Then bring fatū our forefathers biābāinā if in you are kuntum truthful ṣādiqīna
Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."
أَهُمْ Are they ahum better khayrun or am (the) people qawmu (of) Tubba tubbaʿin and those wa-alladhīna before them min before them qablihim We destroyed them ahlaknāhum indeed, they innahum were kānū criminals muj'rimīna
Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.